I was on holiday snowboarding in the French Alps when I received this wonderful email from IBM … Dear Steve, Congratulations and Happy New Year – you have been selected as an IBM Champion for WebSphere software! On behalf of IBM it is with great pleasure that we invite you to join the IBM Champion.. read more →

What are my customers are saying “Steve Robinson’s books are the best ‘quick start’ guides to WAS I’ve come across useful for people coming over from other application servers or for the seasoned professional to quickly flick through in order to remind themselves of ‘that awkward command that’s on the tip of my tongue’. With.. read more →

“Steve Robinson’s books are the best ‘quick start’ guides to WAS I’ve come across useful for people coming over from other application servers or for the seasoned professional to quickly flick through in order to remind themselves of ‘that awkward command that’s on the tip of my tongue’. With this course Steve is covering a far broader.. read more →

The WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.x – Advanced Security Concepts course provides the student with a detailed example-based guide which takes the student through how to configure Global Security for a Standalone Repository for the express purpose of connecting WAS to Microsoft AD, and enabling Full Single Sign on.
This course covers how to set up Windows 2012 Server as a Primary Domain Controller and enabled a Windows 8.1 workstation as part of the full-enabling and testing of a fully functioning SSO solution. Included in this course are Jython and shell scripts and even a Java Web Application that is used to prove that SSO is indeed working as intended

Only $149.99
Learn how to configure SSL for both WAS and IBM HTTP Server. Learn SSL insights not previously made available. Implement LDAP configurations using open source products. Automate Global Security configuration using Jython

This page provides the facility to purchase an elite membership, which grants you full access to all products published before and during 2015. You get perpetual access and access to the current courses.

WAS 8.5.5 Automation Course
Do you need to save time automating manual WAS tasks?
Have you ever wondered how to automate IBM Installation Manager?
Ever needed to automate the installation of WAS 8.5.5.x and automate Upgrades and Roll-backs?
The WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.x Automation Course provides the student with a full set of guides and a set of commercial-grade automation scripts with detailed worked-examples.

This page provides the facility to purchase an elite membership, which grants you full access to all products published before 2015. You get perpetual access and access to the current courses. As of 2014, there are 9 courses.

WAS 8.5 Administration Course
This course provides the student with the necessary skills to handle all sorts of administrative tasks on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment version 8.5. The course material is practical and “hands-on” and covers a wide range of topics derived from industry experience.
We have designed this course to include all the necessary instructions to install the product, try out various administrative tasks and can be used easily to refresh your knowledge after the course has been attended.
The course also contains over 900 pages of “How To” guides and more than 300 Power Point slides along with Labs, resources and questions and answers.

WAS 8.5 Performance Tuning Course
This course provides students with the tools and techniques to tune the performance of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 8.5 (WAS ND 8.5)
As typical of all our middleware courses, the course material follows a “Do-it-yourself” approach and provides all the necessary instructions and sample code to setup your lab, try out tuning tasks and learn. In short, this course is a highly practical course which teaches performance tuning by example.
Something unique about this course is the 145 slide Power Point pack which covers WebSphere Performance Tuning best practices and theory.

The WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.x – Advanced Security Concepts course provides the student with a detailed example-based guide which takes the student through how to configure Global Security for a Standalone Repository for the express purpose of connecting WAS to Microsoft AD, and enabling Full Single Sign on.
This course covers how to set up Windows 2012 Server as a Primary Domain Controller and enabled a Windows 8.1 workstation as part of the full-enabling and testing of a fully functioning SSO solution. Included in this course are Jython and shell scripts and even a Java Web Application that is used to prove that SSO is indeed working as intended

Only $149.99
Learn how to configure SSL for both WAS and IBM HTTP Server. Learn SSL insights not previously made available. Implement LDAP configurations using open source products. Automate Global Security configuration using Jython

This page provides the facility to purchase an elite membership, which grants you full access to all products published before and during 2015. You get perpetual access and access to the current courses.

WAS 8.5.5 Automation Course
Do you need to save time automating manual WAS tasks?
Have you ever wondered how to automate IBM Installation Manager?
Ever needed to automate the installation of WAS 8.5.5.x and automate Upgrades and Roll-backs?
The WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.x Automation Course provides the student with a full set of guides and a set of commercial-grade automation scripts with detailed worked-examples.

This page provides the facility to purchase an elite membership, which grants you full access to all products published before 2015. You get perpetual access and access to the current courses. As of 2014, there are 9 courses.

WAS 8.5 Administration Course
This course provides the student with the necessary skills to handle all sorts of administrative tasks on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment version 8.5. The course material is practical and “hands-on” and covers a wide range of topics derived from industry experience.
We have designed this course to include all the necessary instructions to install the product, try out various administrative tasks and can be used easily to refresh your knowledge after the course has been attended.
The course also contains over 900 pages of “How To” guides and more than 300 Power Point slides along with Labs, resources and questions and answers.

WAS 8.5 Performance Tuning Course
This course provides students with the tools and techniques to tune the performance of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 8.5 (WAS ND 8.5)
As typical of all our middleware courses, the course material follows a “Do-it-yourself” approach and provides all the necessary instructions and sample code to setup your lab, try out tuning tasks and learn. In short, this course is a highly practical course which teaches performance tuning by example.
Something unique about this course is the 145 slide Power Point pack which covers WebSphere Performance Tuning best practices and theory.